The never-ending cycle of drama perpetuated and perpetrated by Antonio Brown continued over the last 24 hours.
Last night the troubled Bucs receiver issued a statement through his attorney regarding the situation at the Jets game this past Sunday and his bizarre reaction.
This morning he turned his attention to Tom Brady and his trainer, Alex Guerrero. Brown posted texts between himself and Guerrero regarding training sessions on Twitter for all to see.
Guerrero’s professional and polite response triggered Brown to essentially accuse him of robbery.
That should be the final straw for Tampa Bay and every NFL team.
In his statement, Brown claimed he was too injured to play on Sunday and that his coach tried to force him to return to the game. According to Brown, that’s when the situation escalated.
“He then ordered me to get on the field. I said ‘Coach, I can’t.’ He didn’t call for medical attention. Instead, he shouted at me ‘YOU’RE DONE!’ while he ran his finger across his throat. Coach was telling me that if I didn’t play hurt, then I was done with the Bucs.”
In the statement, Brown put the blame squarely on the Bucs while, as his norm, he played the victim.
He accused the team of injecting him with a “powerful and sometimes dangerous painkiller that the NFLPA has warned against using,” painting them as the reason for his demise.
At this point, if anyone still believes Brown, you’re playing yourself royally.
First off, this statement was definitely NOT written by Brown. That’s obvious. While the “Woe is me” tone and allegations against a team are staples of his media strategy, the vocabulary definitely is not. All you have to do is read his social media posts in general to recognize that.
Brown writes in shorter, cryptic and more “creative” tones.
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